State trend · KS

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filing Trends in Kansas

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ (green-card) labor-certification filing volume and median offered wage for worksites in Kansas, by U.S. fiscal year. Aggregate counts from public DOL records.

Total PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filings
7,184
Employers (2026)
177
Median Wage (2026)
$60,798

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Kansas-worksite PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record. A factual count of public filings — no rating or score is implied.

  1. 1. Garmin International Inc. 316 PERM
  2. 2. Dobski Associates, Inc. 215 PERM
  3. 3. SAICON CONSULTANTS INC 188 PERM
  4. 4. University of Kansas 173 PERM
  5. 5. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY 159 PERM
  6. 6. BLACK VEATCH CORPORATION 149 PERM
  7. 7. MT Dobski, LLC 146 PERM
  8. 8. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY 138 PERM
  9. 9. OBJECT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC 135 PERM
  10. 10. SPRINT CORPORATION 131 PERM
  11. 11. RESER'S FINE FOODS, INC 105 PERM
  12. 12. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER 94 PERM
  13. 13. Redbarn Pet Products, LLC 83 PERM
  14. 14. KD Family Management, LLC 81 PERM
  15. 15. SYRACUSE DAIRY, LLC 80 PERM
  16. 16. ZENINFOTECH, LLC 73 PERM
  17. 17. SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION 69 PERM
  18. 18. Infosoft, Inc. 68 PERM
  19. 19. The Savage Group, LLC 68 PERM
  20. 20. GBW, LLC 66 PERM

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